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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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